Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Sturt from moving forthwith:

That the member for Dobell be requested by the House to attend the chamber and, for a period not exceeding 10 minutes, outline the allegations made in today's press that he was offered an inducement to retire from his seat at the next federal election.

Madam Speaker, this is a very serious issue. In this morning's Daily Telegraph, it is reported:

Denying he was bitter at the way the party had treated him, Mr Thomson revealed he had rejected an offer from the NSW Labor Party to allow him to be beaten in a Labor preselection contest …

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